Child&#39;s crib.



G. R. WATT.

CHILDS CRIB. APPLICATION FILED MAY24,1915.

1,1?399. v Patented Mar. 28,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- G. R. WATT.

CHILD'S CRIB APPLICATION FILED MAY 24.

Patentd Mar. 28, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

GORDON R. wa'r'r, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CHILD'S CRIB.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GORDON R. WVATT, a citizen of the United States,residing at 27 Vest WVater street, in the city of Chicago, county ofCook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and'usefulImprovements in Childrens Cribs, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a crib for children, and more particularly to adevice of this class which is adapted to be attached to an automobile.

The objects of the invention are to provide a device which can be'easilyattached to the body of a touring car of ordinary construction, to soyieldingly support it that the jar and vibration will be practicallynullified to make provision for shielding the occupant from wind andweather and to construct the parts thereof so that it may be quicklyfolded out of the way when not in use and may be dismounted ordisassembled for cleansing or other purposes. These and other objects Iaccomplish as hereinafter set forth in the following specification andas particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings in which a preferred adaptation orembodiment of my invention is shown. w

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a fragmentary side elevation of atouring car equipped with my improved cribin its open position. Fig. 2,is a fragmentary side elevation of the front set 'of the car with myimproved crib attached thereto and folded out of the way against saidseat. Fig. 3, is an enlarged detached view of one of the U-shapedsupporting bars from which the crib is suspended. Fig. 4, is an enlargedvertical longitudinal section through the improved crib taken on lineAA, Fig. 5, the canvas bed and the U-shaped depending legs being brokenaway. Fig. 5, is a top plan View of the crib with the depending U-shapedsupporting legs shown in dotted lines. Fig. 6, is a side elevation ofthe improved crib. with the U-shaped legs in their dependingsupportingposition. Fig. 7, is a vertical transverse section through thecrib on line BB Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 8,is an end elevation of the improved crib showing the folding'canopy orshield in its collapsed or folded position in full lines and in its openor protecting position in dotted lines. Fig. 9,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 24, 1915.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916. Serial No. 29,950.

is a fragmentary bottom view of the canvas bed and the oblong supportingframe to which it is detachably fastened.

In referring to the drawings in detail like numerals designatecorresponding parts.

While I have shown my improved crib for children attached to the back ofthe front seat of a conventional touring car it should be understoodthat it may be utilized in connection with other vehicles and for otherpurposes.

In Figs. 1 and 2, the numeral 1, designates the front seat and 2, therear seat of a touring car.

My improved crib is of extremely simple construction and comprises ametal frame 3 of oblong conformation which is provided with a series ofbuttons 4, arranged at regular intervals and projecting laterallytherefrom and a correspondingly shaped canvas bed piece 5, having asimilar series of spring fasteners 6, equal in number to the buttons 4,which are adapted to be sprung upon said buttons to detachably fastenthe canvas 5, tic the frame 3, substantially as shown in The advantageof this construction is that the canvas can be easily and quicklydetached for cleansing or for repair or replacement.

As shown in Fig. 1, the crib when in supporting position, is yieldinglysustained and balanced upon springs so that the child rides very easily.In fact far more easy than the adult occupants of the car and is notperceptibly subjected to the jolts, jars or vibrations incident to thetraveling of-the automobile.

I prefer to yieldingly support the crib by the means shown which consistof two upper vertical springs 7, and a lower horizontal spring 8.

The upper vertical springs are suspended from inverted U-shapedsupporting bars 9, which are provided with eyes 10, in the lowerextremities of their shorter members through which the upper ends 11, ofthe springs 7, are fitted and secured.

The U-shaped supporting bars 9, are constructed substantially as shownin Fig. 3, and have reduced screw threaded extensions 12, on theirlonger members which are fitted through the eyes in eye screws 13,screwed into the top of the back of the front seat and fastened in placetherein by nuts 14.

The lower horizontal spring 8 is fastened seat by a'suitable fastener 15and at its rear" end to the front of the rear seat by a similar fastener16, and it extends longitudinally through the center of the spacebetween the front and rear seats as shown in Fig l, and nearly in thesame horizontal plane as the cushion of the rear seat shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1.

The crib is mounted upon and supported from the horizontal spring 8, bymeans of two folding U-shaped legs 17 which are pivoted at their ends tothe sides of the oblong frame by pivots 18, and are adapted to be turneddown to a depending supporting position. and connected to each other bya spring link 19. I To. prevent the legs turning too; far toward eachother, stop pins 20 are attached to the oblong frame which. contact withthe edge of the legs as shown in Fig. 6.

The spring link 19, serves to connect the legs as before described andalso is adapted to, be fitted between any two coils desired of thespring 8, to attach the legs to the. spring.

To protect the child from wind and weather, I provide a folding canopyor shield which preferably comprises a bow 21 curved to the contour ofthe oblong frame 3, and pivoted at its opposite ends to approximatelythe center of the ends of said frame ,3, by pivots. 22, and a suitablecovering 23 of canvas orother flexible material-which is attached to thefront side of the frame 3, and the bow 21.

- The bow 21 is detachably secured in position upon its supportingpivots by thumb or butterfly nuts 24, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, 6 and8. v

Thev lower ends, of the vertical springs are detachablysecured to, thefront side of the oblong frame by fitting the ends through eyes 25,, inlateral lugs 26, extending from said frame. 1

This improved device can be easily and quickly fitted to a touring caror other vehicle and when in place can be adjusted upon the lowerhorizontal spring so as. to support and balance the weight of the childwho is to occupy it. p

When not in use the device can be folded as shown. in Fig. 2, a cord 27being fitted ,ations, modifications and changes as fairly fall withinthescope of -the appended claims or may be construed to be within the scopethereof by involving the doctrine of' equivalents. 7

' What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. A device of the class described, com.- prising an oblongframe, a bedsecured to said frame, legs pivoted to the sides of the frame andsupporting means. includinga spring extending beneatlrthe frame andconnected to the lower extremities of the pivoted legs;

2. A device of the prising a frame, a bed in said frame, a. s,up-.

class described, comporting spring extendingbeneath the frame, I V

and legs depending from the frame and connected to the said spring.

3. A device of the class described, coInprising a frame, a bed in saidframe, a, supporting spring extending beneath theframe, and Lil-shapedlegs; pivoted to the'sides of the frame and connected at their lower62(- tremities to the supporting spring.

' n a de e o t e cl s ds er ec crib, a suitable support, upper, verticalpr n dep d ng from sa d suppor a d attached to said crib, and alowerhorizon.

tal spring upon which the crib is mounted.

5. In a device. of the class described, a crib, a suitable support,upper vertical springs depending from said support and attached to saidcrib, a lower hqriaontal spr g, g i oted to s id' nib d dap ed to beturned down to a depending sup.- porting osition and connected to thelower horizontal spring.

In a d e of the elassfd scr bedla crib, a suitable support, uppervertical springs depending from said snpport and a che to a ib, a low rh r sest g, u her d les r e -ed t aid c ib and a link for fasteningsaid. legs in de; p di g upp rt ng p iti n; sa nk bes p e -t e t d. eten cq t as lower horizontal spring. r l -1 a e e o the class describe asuitable ppo were flQ Q F- s in s attached to said support, and afoldable crib y di a v ung from theupr se ies: and meunt p th l rasp iis, said crib in d pte t e fel ed ag nst-the tir port when thelowerspring detached from the support. 7 Y

8 The. combination with a suitable snpe port, of a crib, and a pluralityof-spr'n-gs con t d sai epe n ii -eldins maintaining said crib. inposition; one cf said springs being vertical and beingcon nected to theside of said. crib and another e a' h iz ntal n exten in ben ath saidcrib. i

9. The combination with a suitable. sup:

p of a crib a d: p r l t Qi gs. onne d. e sai sacred a d yisldiaslrmaintaining said crib in position; one of said springs being verticaland being connected to the side of said crib and another beinghorizontal and extending transversely beneath the center of said crib.

10. The combination with a suitable support, of a crib, two verticalsprings suspended from the support and connected at their lower ends tothe crib, a horizontal spring extending beneath the crib and pivoted tothe crib and detachably linked to each other and to the horizontalspring. 13. In combination, two inverted U-shaped supporting barsattached to a suitable support, upper vertical springs suspended fromsaid bars, a lower horizontal spring, and a crib 'yieldingly mounted onthe lower horizontal spring and having its side connected to the lowerends of the vertical springs.

14. In a device of the class described, a suitable support having twoupstanding portions in separated arrangement, a spring extendingbetween'and secured at its ends to said upstanding portions and afold-able crib mounted on said spring intermediate its ends, said cribbeing adapted to be folded against one of said upstanding portions whenthe spring is disconnected from the other portion.

15. In a device of the class described, a vehicle body including frontand rear seats, upper springs suspended from the front seat, a lowerspring attached at its ends to and extendingbetween the front and rearseats and a crib arranged between the seats and yieldingly hung from theupper springs and mounted upon the lower spring.

16. In a device of the class described, a vehicle body including frontand rear seats, upper springs suspended from the front seat, a lowerspring attached at its ends to and extending between the front and rearseats and a foldable crib arranged between the seats and yieldingly hungfrom the upper springs and mounted upon the lower spring, said cribbeing adapted to be folded against the front seat when the rear end ofthe lower spring is detached from the rear seat.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name in the presence oftwo witnesses. 4

GORDON R. WATT. Witnesses:

Roar. Knorz, FRED WEYAND.

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